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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.7

CVE-2023-33965 json

Brook's tproxy server is vulnerable to a drive-by command injection.

published 2023-06-01 3 y ago modified 2026-09-10 1 mo ago also GHSA-vfrj-fv6p-3cpf , EUVD-2023-1890

cvss
9.7
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.6%
EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 75%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Brook is a cross-platform programmable network tool. The `tproxy` server is vulnerable to a drive-by command injection. An attacker may fool a victim into visiting a malicious web page which will trigger requests to the local `tproxy` service leading to remote code execution. A patch is available in version 20230606.

Patch / fix

  • go github.com/txthinking/brook 20230606
  • txthinking brook 20230606

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
21 mo ago

Exploit prediction

1.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 9.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GitHub 3.1 9.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
go github.com/txthinking/brook
<20230606
20230606

Affected products

  • txthinking brook

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command

References

Sources

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